Jakob Jud [ju:t] (12 January 1882 in Wängi, Kanton Thurgau – 15 June 1952 in Seelisberg, Kanton Uri) was a Swiss Romance linguist (Romanist). From 1922 to 1950 he taught classes in Romance philology and Old French literature at the University of Zürich. With Karl Jaberg, he was the author of Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz (8 volumes, 1928–40). In 1936, with Arnald Steiger, he founded the magazine Vox Romanica. He became a foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1946. References Linguists from Switzerland 1882 births 1952 deaths Romance philologists Members of the Académie royale de langue et de littérature françaises de Belgique Members of the Institute for Catalan Studies Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences People from Münchwilen District Academic staff of the University of Zurich 20th-century linguists